He has made contributions to education and linguistics, achieving recognition in form of honours and election to offices in professional bodies.
Sangodipe Bamgbose, was a community leader of Odopotu, who was born into a prominent family of Egungun worshippers.
He proceeded to the University of Edinburgh where he earned a diploma in general linguistics in 1961 and his PhD in 1963 with the thesis A Study of Structures and Classes in the Grammar of Modern Yoruba.
[3] The core of Bamgbose's contribution to knowledge is his work on the structure of Yoruba language.
In 2009, he was elected Foundation President of the Assembly of Academicians of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN).